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puissant
[ pyoo-uh-suhnt, pyoo-is-uhnt, pwis-uhnt ]
adjective
- powerful; mighty; potent.
puissant
/ ˈpjuːɪsənt /
adjective
- archaic.powerful
Derived Forms
- ˈpuissantly, adverb
Other Words From
- puis·sant·ly adverb
- over·puis·sant adjective
- over·puis·sant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of puissant1
Example Sentences
He braced himself for one of Lillian’s cold, puissant lectures to enfilade the dispirited citadel of his self-respect.
In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying megafires and ever more puissant hurricanes, of acidifying and rising oceans, it is hard to believe that any further prod to climate action is needed.
The play, he writes, is “smart, compact and stirring” and “seems destined to have a life as a puissant postscript to Ibsen’s masterwork.”
The play, which opens next week on Broadway in a different production, seems destined to have a life as a puissant postscript to Ibsen’s masterwork.
His black sorcerer was more puissant than all of Euron’s three, even if you threw them in a pot and boiled them down to one.
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